After a volatile week of trade, grains closed slightly lower while livestock closed slightly higher on Friday. Heather Ramsey with the ARC Group recaps the day's trade.

Topics:

- Wheat crop perception vs. reality vs. potential

- Trade two weeks of weather

- Reality of carry-out predictions

- Keys for risk management plan

Cattle futures tanked for a second straight day, with feeders off nearly $6.50. The soy complex was also under pressure today, with soybeans trading over 25 cents lower and soy oil finishing limit lower.

Mike Zuzolo with Global Commodity Analytics breaks down today's market movers.

Topics:

- Wheat tour/production possibilities

- Soybeans left to move lower

- Crude oil

- Technical top in fat/feeder cattle

- Keys for end-of-week trade

Livestock market analyst Kyle Bumsted recaps factors impacting Wednesday's trade, where livestock traded lower and wheat led the grains higher.

Topics:

- Cattle start higher, end lower

- Technical/chart damage

- Indication of cash trade?

- Hogs meander around

- Algos move wheat

- Basis perception vs. reality

Both grain and livestock settled mixed on Tuesday. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.Net breaks down the day's activity.

Topics:

Big volume in corn, emotional day

Big range in beans, not much volume

Technical picture in grains

Quiet after feeder cattle surge

How did the crop reports look to you overall?

What did the corn the corn numbers look like?

How did the world corn numbers drop so much?

What did the soybeans numbers look ?

What will the corn and soybean markets focus on going forward?

What do you think the funds will going forward?

Are there any adjustments that need to be made to our marketing plans?

Austin Schroeder of Brugler Marketing and Management breaks down Friday's trade.

- Wheat eights heavy on markets

- Corn/beans short covering

- Preview of Monday's WASDE

- Cattle weaker but support $300 feeders

- Trade talks and planting progress

Feeder cattle topped $300 today, while soybeans held support for the grains.

Topics Today:

- Export demand and strength

- Tariffs and trade with UK, China, India

- Weather headlines

- $300 feeder cattle

- Live-Feeder-Hog ratios

- Keys ahead of Monday WASDE

Grain complexes backed off the highs from the day on fizzled optimism from trade talks. Meanwhile, livestock trade closed lower.

Arlan Suderman of StoneX weighed in on the trade.

Topics:

- Trade rhetoric

- Renewable fuels

- Fear of falling consumer demand

Favorable planting weather continues to pressure grain trade. Jim McCormick with AgMarket.net recapped the day's trade.

Topics:

- Favorable weather and long range forecast

- Weather premiums

- Trade discussions

- Willingness to pay for beef

All grains closed lower today, while live and feeder cattle saw triple digit gains again. J.J. Lauby with Agri Management Systems breaks down today's trade.

Topics:

- Weather and planting progress

- Export sales still strong

- Cattle futures follow cash trade higher